Construction worker lived with bullet in head for five years after forgetting he was shot at party

A construction worker spent five years with a bullet embedded in his head... because he had been too drunk at the time to realise he had been shot.

Police in Bochum, Germany, said doctors found a
.22 calibre bullet in the back of the Polish man's head after he went
to have a suspected cyst removed.

Presented with the 5.6mm
projectile, the 35-year-old recalled he had received a blow to the head around
midnight at a New Year's party in 2004 or 2005.

An X-ray released by German police shows the bullet lodged in the back of Polish man's head. He had not realised he had been shot

However, he had forgotten
about it because he had been rather worse for wear.

A police spokesman, who praised the man's 'strong constitution,' said: 'He told us he remembered having a sore head, but that he wasn't really one for going to the doctor.'

The wound later healed around
the bullet. The discovery was made when the man suffered recurring headaches and decided to have the lump
examined.

Police said they were not
treating the incident as suspicious as the bullet might have lodged
in the man's skull when a reveller fired a gun in celebration.

'It may have been a shot fired up in the air which entered his head on the way down,' the spokesman said.

The resident of Herne, who has
lived in Germany for several years, was expected to be released from
hospital later this week after the bullet was removed on Friday, police
said.

Police are now searching for the shooter, who faces charges of negligent bodily harm. Although the chances of finds the culprit are low, law enforcers think the case could serve as a good warning to future revellers.